CH 1 Pajama Party!

A week had gone by since the White Fangs' preemptive strike on Vale and the hordes of Grimm that invaded the city caused by Team RWBY's intervention on their plans. Though there were no fatalities the city was still shaken up, and the news that General Ironwood would replace Professor Ozpin as head of Vale security met with mixed reactions. Tensions were high even at Beacon, especially for teams JNPR and RWBY who took on the first waves of Grimm.

It was during professor Port's lecture, well really latest story of heroism, that inspiration struck the young huntress on how to get her friends out of their funk.

"Slumber Party!"

Everyone was a little startled when Ruby jumped out of her seat. Like always teams RWBY and JNPR were sitting together for their lunch break, though Sun and Neptune had recently become regulars to their group.

"Come on guys, a slumber party is just what we need right now."

"Ruby this is no time for such frivolous activity. Our wounds have only just healed and there are still plenty of White Fang members unaccounted for."

" But Weiss none of you have been the same since we got back. Yang hasn't even cracked a joke all week."

"Wha- huh? What are we talking about?"

Yang, who was just shuffling around the food on her plate, was snapped back into reality at the mention of her name.

"Ruby thinks we should have a slumber party to help up forget about the recent attack."

Pyrrha happily informed. Since she hadn't had many good friends before Beacon, she'd never been to a slumber party and was more than a little excited at the opportunity.

"Oh." This conversation now had Yang's full attention. She was eager to her what her weapon obsessed little sister and team leader had in mind.

"We all share a room, there really isn't a need for a slumber party."

"Blake you don't sleep at a slumber party." Yang was quick to correct.

"YEAH! You eat junk food, drink soda, watch bad movies, gossip, play games . . . !"
The excitement was easy to hear in Ruby's voice.

"But do you think we can all fit in one room?"

"Sorry Jaune, girls only." The little leader explained.

"Awww that's so cute~! My sister wants to have girl time~" Yang threw her arms around Ruby nearly burying her in the older girl's chest.

"Ugh Yang cut it out!" Having gotten used to the sisters antics their little fight got a chuckle out of everyone.

"If you're going to have a girls only party, then we're going to have a guys only party~! It's only fair."

Although he would have rather spent time with Blake, Sun was always down for a good time. Blake decided to bring everyone back to the topic at hand.

"So what did you have in mind Ruby?"

Quickly pushing the towering head of hair away, Ruby was more than happy to regale her friends about her brilliant plan.

"Okay so we'll do this in our room Friday night, Nora and Pyrrha you two will be there too." They nodded in agreement. "Ooooh we'll need plenty of snacks and cookies, we can each bring a movie . . . "

"Now wait a minute! How long do you plan for this to go on?" It was starting to sound like Weiss was the only one in opposition to the idea.

"Well . . . "

"Until we all pass out!" Nora was quick to add. "But be warned, first one out gets their face drawn on!" Everyone looked on with a sense of dread because they all knew the spunky red head would do it too.

Before Weiss could warn Nora not to come anywhere near her skin with any kind of pen the bell signaling the end of lunch rang and everyone cleaned up their plates before hurrying off to the next lesson. Ruby wasn't about to let something like classes deter her.

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In the end the girls decided to have a pajama party, seeing as two of their members lived next door and it seemed silly to make them sleep on the floor when there were two perfectly good beds no more than ten feet away. Though depending on when their activities ended they'd have to be sneaky for those few feet across the hall.

Ruby, still in her school uniform and cape, zipped around their room getting things ready for the big night. Since it was her idea to lift everyone's spirits' she wanted to make sure everything went well. It was nearly sundown and the start of their long night was drawing close.

Blake in her black robe pajamas, though not nearly as enthusiastically, helped to clean up their room. Unlike most of the dorms at Beacon team RWBY's room had a generous amount of floor space thanks to their bunk beds, which made it the perfect room to hang out in. Blake took extra care to hide away her special book collection, she was positive Nora and Pyrrha did not need to know about them.

Weiss sporting a new light blue nightdress she had recently gotten in Vale a few weeks prior and Yang in her orange tank top and black short shorts fumbled with the projector and screen. Weiss, cursing under her breath, set up the projector and Yang and Blake hung and stretched out a white bed sheet to act as their makeshift movie screen.

"Alright ladies we need to hurry, it's almost time for the festivities to begin~!"

A few moments latter and there was a knock on the door. Yang opened it to reveal Nora in her 'boop' shirt with her pink shorts that sported a lightning bolt design decorated about them and Pyrrha wearing a golden t-shirt, black pajama shorts, her hair up in a ponytail and surprisingly her signature headdress missing.

"Hello~ " welcomed Yang to the two ladies who walked in with their own movie suggestions, a pizza and every kind of soda you could think of.

"We got pizza and soda~!"

"Nora couldn't decide on what soda to get."

"Pshhh you can never have too much soda. Are you gals ready to PARTY~!?"

Nora was as eager for this as Ruby was, maybe more so. With Ren as a best friend all her childhood she never got to do many girly things, well girly things with just girls, not that she really cared.

"We are nearly done. Weiss is trying to get the projector to work, Yang and I are nearly done setting up the screen."

"What is wrong with this ancient thing?! This shouldn't be hard! Why are there six slots if there are only three cables?!"

Pyrrha, noticing that one of the girl's desks had been converted into a buffet table, walked over and placed the large pizza next to a stack of red plastic cups and a bowl of potato chips.

"What snacks did everyone else bring?" Though they had agreed on a time no one, with the exception of Nora, had stated what food they would bring.

Like a matradee in a fancy restaurant Yang started listing off their full course for the evening.

"We've got chips and dip, what's a movie without popcorn, I've got a little something ~special~ for later, Ruby's cook . . . "

"THE COOKIES!" A trail of rose petals fluttered across the room and down the hall as Ruby rushed off to retrieve her precious cookies.

Now with cookies successfully retrieved Ruby quickly changed into her rose pajama bottoms and black Ursa tank top and joined the rest of her friends in their discussion over which movie to watch. Each of the girls had picked out a different movie; the genres differed as much as the personalities of each attendant.

In the end the latest action film staring Spruce Willus was chosen. With spots claimed on the floor and snacks at the ready the lights were dimed and their cinematic adventure began. By the end of the film everyone had eaten most of the junk food and more than half of the soda bottles were emptied, Nora contributing to most of those empty bottles.

"Well . . . That was a thing."

"Yang please, that was a work of art. The cinematography, the depth, you could feel the tortured past which motivated the character."

"Wow Weiss, didn't picture you as a fan girl." The fanus chuckled. She hadn't been as entranced by the film as her friends, but was happy to get some entertainment at Weiss' expense.

"That's rich coming from you." Weiss scoffed in defense. "How many books do you have in that ninja series again?" Blake's face went a magnificent shade of red as she refused to make eye contact with anyone.

"Oh come on Weiss, I bet they're quite the 'page turner' ehh ehh?" Both girls turned to look at the fiery blond, but Blake was the first to speak.

"Yang no, just . . . no. That was the worst one yet."

"So . . . What next?" Ruby didn't want a little joke to ruin their night. But she had posed a good question, what should they do next?

"Should we watch another movie or uhhh play a game or something?" A small hand went flying for one of the empty soda bottles and slammed it down in front of everyone with a loud thud.

"Lets play Truth or Dare!" Everyone looked inquisitively at the bouncing ball of energy. Clearly Nora had had too much soda. It wasn't until Pyrrha seconded the idea, claiming it was a great way to better get to know one another and test the limits of a person's resolve, that everyone agreed and formed a circle around the empty plastic container.

"How do we want to play? Like is anything taboo, are there penalties for not answering or taking the dare?"

"Good question little sis." Yang got up and walked over to her chest and pulled out two rather large glass bottles of some blue liquid and a few small cups. Returning to her seat she brought a bottle down with a hard smack and with her other hand hitting her knee she proclaimed to all, "Alright, anyone who refuses to test their might or bare their soul will have to take a shot of this beauty."

Blake looked on with a suspicious gaze, "Is that what I think it is?"

"Where did you get alcohol?! How did you even sneak that in?! Do you know how much trouble we could get into if we get caught?!" Weiss was not amused by Yang's resourcefulness.

Pyrrha genuinely concerned for her friend, "I'm surprised you were able to sneak that past Professor Goodwitch."

"Who do you think I swiped it from?"

A collective gasp of 'WHAT?!' was heard from everyone, except Nora who just whispered 'nice'.

"I'm only kidding. Don't worry; I know a guy, and relax its not that strong. It's like juice with a kick."

After a few worried glances, one voice broke the silence.

"This- is- happening~!"